Episode 86: Family of Rebels

The History of English Podcast

Kevin Stroud

History, Society & Culture, Education

4.8 • 6.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2016

⏱️ 50 minutes

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The final years of Henry II’s reign were consumed with putting down rebellions. Those rebels included Henry’s sons and wife. In this episode, we explore Henry’s family of rebels. We also examine the book of homilies known as the Ormulum. … Continue reading →

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0:00.0	Welcome to the History of English Podcast, a podcast about the history of the English
0:13.9	language.
0:15.4	This is Episode 86, Family of Rebels.
0:19.5	In this episode, we're going to conclude our look at Henry II's reign as ruler of
0:23.7	England and Western France.
0:26.2	The final years of Henry's reign were consumed with putting down rebellions, but the rebels
0:31.0	weren't simply restless nobles.
0:33.6	They were also Henry's own children and his wife, so it was a family of rebels.
0:40.1	The end of Henry's reign also marked the gradual re-emergence of English writing, so we'll
0:45.3	also look at the first major document composed in Middle English since the end of the Peter
0:50.2	Barar Chronicle.
0:52.2	But before we begin, let me remind you that the website for the podcast is History of
0:56.4	EnglishPodcast.com, and you can always reach me directly by email at kevinathistoryofenglishpodcast.com.
1:04.8	And I'm on Twitter at EnglishHistPod.
1:08.7	Also one quick note about Patreon.
1:11.4	As you probably know by now, you can sign up to support the podcast at patreon.com.
1:16.7	Just go to historyofenglishpodcast.com and link from there.
1:21.0	The Patreon site includes bonus mini episodes, and now it also includes a transcript of each
1:26.1	new episode as soon as it's released.
1:28.8	I continue to work on the transcripts of old episodes, and I hope to have an update
1:32.4	on that in the near future.
1:34.4	But for now, transcripts of the new episodes will be available at Patreon.
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